L26 Engineers tap DNA to create 'lifelike' machines
Researchers and engineers at cornell university have created simple mahines witht the properties of living things. "Using what they call DASH (DNA-based Assembly and Synthesis of Hierarchical) materials, engineers constructed a DNA material with capabilities of metabolism, in addition to self-assembly and organization -- three key traits of life. (ScienceDaily, 2019)." They are attempting to create a brand new lifelike artificial metabolism. I hope that the engineers can amke more progress so that these robots can help us in the near future.
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L25 power cut (4-29-19)
Researchers at University of Tokyo developed a system to charge smartphones wirelessly. "The method involves a cuttable, flexible power transfer sheet which charges devices wirelessly and can be molded" (ScienceDaily,2019). This helps the sheet fit different shapes and objects. This is the first cuttable wireless power transfer sheet. "The sheet is thin and flexible so you can mold it around curved surfaces such as bags and clothes" (ScienceDaily,2019). It provides less contact with other power charges and allows a wider range of charging areas.
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L24 Electronic Human Machine Interactions (4-22-19)
Skin on human skin contains nerve cells that detect pressure and other sensations allowing interactions with the environment. "To help robots and prosthetic devices attain these abilities, scientists are trying to develop electronic skins" (ScienceDaily,2018). Researchers found ultrathin stretchable electronic skin hand. "Electronic skin could be used for many applications, including prosthetic devices, wearable health monitors, robotics and virtual reality" (ScienceDaily,2018). Creatures are pattering circuit templates onto sheets to help with the electronic skin.
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L23 Humans to Think like Computers
John Hopkins University researchers allow humans to see how computers see. Research shows how computers aren't far from the spectrum of humans. "Advances in artificial intelligence continue to narrow the gap between the visual abilities of people and machines" (John Hopkins University, 2019). Usually researchers try to get computers to thing like humans but recently have been flipping the switch. What is easy for humans can be hard for computers yet there are always blind spots. This study represents how humans can visualize the same as computers in different studies or normal day to day activities.
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L22 A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk
Researchers and engineers at the USC viterbi school of engineering have created what they believe to be the first AI (artificial intelligence) robotic leg. After building the prosthetic leg they ran several tests on the prosthetic leg and were surprised to find that the prosthetic leg that they had build did somethng that they had not coded it to do. "a team of USC researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering believe they have become the first to create an AI-controlled robotic limb driven by animal-like tendons that can even be tripped up and then recover within the time of the next footfall, a task for which the robot was never explicitly programmed to do (ScienceDaily, 2019)." I hope that the leg keeps improving so that more people with prosthetics can walk better and more naturally.
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L21 The first walking robot that moves without GPS
The researchers that worked on AntBot were inspired by the "solitary navigators" in desert ants that can walk around in the desert for a long time and still navigate their way back home. The engineers from AMU and CNRS designed antbot to mimic the desert and and blindly navigate through surroundings and memorize them in order to find their way back home. "AntBot, the brand-new robot designed by CNRS and Aix-Marseille University (AMU) researchers at ISM, copies the desert ants' exceptional navigation capacities. It is equipped with an optical compass used to determine its heading by means of polarized light, and by an optical movement sensor directed to the sun to measure the distance covered" (ScienceDaily, 2019) Perhaps one day AntBot can help us navigate in a crucial time, bring us things, or help us find things in tight spots.
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L120 Engineers develop wearable respiration monitor with children's toy
Researchers and engineers from University of California have developed "Wearable, disposable respiration monitor" (ScienceDaily,2019). It keeps up with rate and volume of the person's breath. "This device will help sufferers of asthma and many other pulmonary conditions" (ScienceDaily,2019). The standard respiration monitor test used now can be troublesome and often misinform the users. This new wearable device allows the users to walk around while vitals are kept up with. One day this device will help people with respiratory and pulmonary problems.
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L19 Robot learns how to play jenga
Researchers and engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed and then created a robot that can successfully play the famous game of jenga ! "As the robot carefully pushes against a block, a computer takes in visual and tactile feedback from its camera and cuff, and compares these measurements to moves that the robot previously made. It also considers the outcomes of those moves." (ScienceDaily, 2019). The MIT robot uses its external camera to see what to grab and what it could do and it uses its arms and sensors to be able to succesfully be able to play a very impressive game of jenga with itself.
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L18Translating brain signals
Researchers at the university of columbia have discovered a way to communicate with people using brain signals. If you lose your voice in an accident then you cannot communicate witha loved one a friend or a significant other. "Our voices help connect us to our friends, family and the world around us, which is why losing the power of one's voice due to injury or disease is so devastating," (ScienceDaily,2019). The researchers working on the project found that your brain makes the same signals when you speak as when you imagine speaking and they can translate it into words just by brain signals.
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L17 3-D printed soft mesh robot
Researchers and robotics engineers at the university of North Carolina have 3-D printed a soft mesh robot. This robot can move through the control of magnets while it is moving through water. "To create these structures, the researchers made an "ink" from silicone microbeads, bound by liquid silicone and contained in water. "(ScienceDaily,2019). The material that they used to make the robot resembles toothpaste. The engineers who worked on this project hope that one day it will help people.
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L16 The first tendril-like soft robot able to climb
Recently researchers and scientists at the institute of italian technology and research have helped create a robot that can bend, fold, and curve like a plant can do. "Researchers took inspiration from plants and their movement. Indeed, being unable to escape (unlike animals), plants have associated their movement to growth, and in doing so they continuously adapt their morphology to the external environment. " (ScienceDaily, Jan 24th, 2019). The researchers that worked on this project took inspiration from plants that move according to growth, sunlight, and touch. The researchers took inspiration from weeds and plants that move quickly according to touch such as carnivorous plants.
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L15 Robots can now climb walls.
Researchers and engineers at harvard university have developed a small robot by the name of "HAMR-E". This robot that they have developed can climb walls with its sticky adhesive foot pads. "Researchers at Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a micro-robot whose electroadhesive foot pads, origami ankle joints, and specially engineered walking gait allow it to climb on vertical and upside-down conductive surfaces, like the inside walls of a commercial jet engine" (ScienceDaily, 2018). The engineers hope tht one day this robot can be used to help inspect engines or carry tools to make many tasks easier.
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L14 Computers trained to identify animals in photos
Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly and being used for everyday life. Wether its Siri in your iphone or Alexa in your house AI is important.
Even though AI is already very advanced the university of wyomin has made an amazing breakthough in technology. " In the latest study, the researchers trained a deep neural network on Mount Moran, UW's high-performance computer cluster, to classify wildlife species using 3.37 million camera-trap images of 27 species of animals obtained from five states across the United States." (ScienceDaily, 2018) The camera of the AI can capture images extremely quickly and analyze what type of animal it is. This can be very useful in the future. |
L13 AI could help cities detect expensive leaks
City wide water pipe leaking is expensive. Its expensive to fix it, and to buy materials to fix it.
The researchers at The university of waterloo have been working on a very useful solution for this problem. "It combines sophisticated signal processing techniques and AI software to identify telltale signs of leaks carried via sound in water pipes." (ScienceDaily, 2018) Its going to be a great solution to fixing and detecting city pipe leaks before they even happen. Author: Roya Cody Published: November 28, 2018 |
L11 How to Mass produce cell sized robots
Scientists have figured out a way to make cell sized robots. Not only have they figured out how to make them but they have figured out a way to mass produce them.
The researchers that worked on this project have used graphene a brittle but strong material . They sculpted the material so that it could be controlled and have a circuit inside of such a small body of a robot. |
L10 Artificial fly brain can tell who's who
11/05/18
The regular fruit fly has a very simple visual processing system that has fascinated scientists and researchers forever.
Although the fruit fly's visual processing system is among the simplest there is, it relies on its visual processing system only. Researchers have found that fruit flies can change the "resolution" of their eyes to process what they see and to be able to see better. The regular fruit fly can change how its eyes see to be able to rely only on its visual processing sytem. Author: Jonathan schneider Date Published: 10/25/18 |
L9 Bionic mushroom generates electricity
10/29/18
A seemingly normal button mushroom that grows in the wild has been a victim of a science experiment in New Jersey.
The Stevens Institute of technology has been experimenting on a button mushroom that grew in the wild. The Stevens Institute of Technology used nanotechnology to make a sort of circuit for the mushroom They then used the fungi and bacteria found in the mushroom to generate electricity from the mushroom. Author: Sudeep Joshi Date Published: 11/7/18 |
L8 Machines That Learn Language Like Kids Do
10/22/18
Machines and A,I,'s learn through a number of algorithims and learning patterns, and thats how machines like siri and alexa learn what to say and how to respond to certain question.
The way that toddlers and children learn is by absorbing the information around them and processing it a certain way for them to be able to learn. Engineers are working on a way to make A.I. machines think like how toddlers and chidren learn and process information and language. Author: Rob Matheson Date Published: october 21st 2018 |
L7 Robots need lizard-like tails for off road travel
10/15/18
There has been a recent study in the university of queensland about a certain interesting animal. They studied the movements of a lizard called the Gippsland Water Dragon and how it moves and runs across the surface of a body of water. The scientists watched videos of the Gippsland water lizard and found that the lizard can run on its hind legs also known as bipedal movement because it rears its body backward and uses its tail in such a motion that it can run bipedally and run across a surface of water Author:David Paul Date Published:9/26/18 |
L6 Tiny multi legged robot created
10/08/18
The city university of Hong Kong has recently created a very small multi legged robot.
This robot was created to be versatile and useful for many things. The robot has many small "legs" that help it move around quickly. " What makes this milli-robot stand out is its hundreds of less than 1 mm long pointed legs that looks like short tiny hair."Says Dr.Shen Jajing who was the leader of the robot project. The leaders of this project studied hundreds of natural animals that had 2,4,or 6 legs to make this robot. |
L5 Model helps robots navigate more like humans do
10/01/18
Researcher from MIT working and teaching robots to act more like humans. “Their novel motion-planning model lets robots determine how to reach a goal by exploring the environment, observing other agents, and exploiting what they've learned before in similar situations” (science daily, 2018). They also teach the robots to be more human by “combines a planning algorithm with a neural network that learns to recognize paths that could lead to the best outcome” (science daily,2018) |
L4 Robot inspired by octopus
09/24/18
Scientists have created a type of "skin" for soft style robots that mimics the skin of an octopus that can shift, camouflage, and adapt to its environment.
The way the robot works is that they compress air into the "skin" to form certain shapes and colors to help certain feature of the soft skin robots |
L3 Blind Robot
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Researchers at MIT after a long time of building and studying have built this "blind" robot that can climb stairs and can climb over things.
The 90 pound MIT built robot can "feel" things in its surroundings by sensors it has all over its body that allows it to in a way see better and move around objects better. MIT is considering to use the cheetah 3 as a first responder for emergency situations. Author: Rhondah johannsen Date published: 9/11/18 Link: https://robotics.news/2018-09-11-mit-researchers-create-a-blind-robot-that-can-climb-stairs.html |
L2 Deadly drones
August 5th in venezuela the nations president was giving a speech in live national TV when suddenly he looked up and the camera shakes and you hear a loud popping noise of the C4 loaded drone exploding in mid air.
This attack on the president was a planned attack that used several store bought drones (DJI Phantom drones) packed with a camera and C4, which resulted in 4 Venezuelan soldiers getting injured. Is there someway that we can protect people from these small and deadly devices? Theres many ways to protect people from these type of attacks and the best way is to jam the frequency or shoot it down. Authors:Jennifer Bisset Date Published:Sept, 17th, 2018 3:45 PM Link: https://www.cnet.com/news/drone-assassins-are-cheap-deadly-and-available-in-your-local-store/ |
L1 Sony Aibo Robo-dog
Sony is bringing their robot dog back. They are selling the new aibo robo-dog for $2,899. They first started selling their robo-dog in japan from 1999-2007 and they are going to start selling the new model this year and hope to sell thousands of units.
They want the reissue of their dog to show people that they can innovate and create new things or fix old things. Source : https://www.cnet.com/news/sony-new-aibo-robot-dog-is-finally-coming-to-the-us/ written by: Ben fox rubin And Bridget carey Publication date:August 23, 2018 |